Railway vehicle energy producing system
OwnerArthur B. Chiappettiinventor
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Abstract
In a vehicular energy producing system including an electrical generating device and being adapted to be mounted on an undercarriage of a heavy vehicle, a support bracket mounted on the undercarriage for supporting the electrical generating device, and a clutch mounted on the undercarriage. The clutch is driven by the rotation of the wheels of the undercarriage to in turn drive the electrical generating device. A transmission drivingly connects the clutch and the generating device.
Claims8
In a vehicular energy producing system, said system including an electrical generating means and being adapted to be mounted on a heavy vehicle having at least one undercarriage, the undercarriage having at least one axle journaled for rotation about its ends, a plurality of wheels being connected to the axle for helping support rollably the undercarriage, the combination comprising:
- bracket means mounted on the undercarriage for supporting said electrical generating means;
- transmission means for coupling drivingly the input of said generating means and the undercarriage for driving said generating means as the vehicle moves;
- conductor means for supplying said electrical power from said generating means for utilization purposes;
- clutch means responsive to the rotation of the wheels of the undercarriage for coupling mechanical power drivingly to said transmission means;
- said clutch means including a centrifugal clutch for slipping at lower speeds of the wheels and for engaging automatically at higher speeds of the wheels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.